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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clive Craven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Sandusky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Craven's entrance music is Anthrax Island . A fine choice. Sandusky has chosen Ice Ice Baby as his entrance music. Clive Craven has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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188 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clive Craven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary Sandusky!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandusky throws a looping overhand right but Craven ducks down to avoid it.
Craven defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sandusky.
Sandusky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sandusky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Craven moves away.
Sandusky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Craven moves away.
Craven slips under a jab.
Sandusky closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Craven to the mat! Craven manages to get full guard.
Craven keeping full guard, as Sandusky tries to pass.
Craven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sandusky.
Sandusky wants to pass the guard but Craven is keeping the position.
Sandusky postures up in Craven's guard and throws a big left but Craven blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandusky in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Craven looking for a sweep. Not yet Craven, not yet.
Craven keeping full guard, as Sandusky tries to pass.
Craven utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Craven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Craven trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sandusky throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sandusky wants to pass the guard but Craven is keeping the position.
Sandusky throws a strike but Craven rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sandusky is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Craven wants to control from the top but Sandusky keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sandusky moves nicely into side control.
Sandusky looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Craven is avoiding damage well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ground and pound from Sandusky seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sandusky with the ground and pound but Craven regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Sandusky thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Craven to regain full guard.
Craven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Craven knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sandusky on the ground.
Craven preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sandusky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sandusky thows a big elbow that misses.
Sandusky looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Sandusky dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Craven throws a solid leg kick but Sandusky takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Craven.
Sandusky slips a straight right by Craven.
Sandusky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Craven.
Sandusky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sandusky looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sandusky drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sandusky has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Craven trying to control the position here.
Sandusky throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sandusky looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandusky trying to move into half guard but instead Craven has managed to sweep!
Craven preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sandusky has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Craven is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sandusky.
Sandusky tries to bench press Craven off him but Craven keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sandusky is trying to escape the position but Craven is controlling the position.
Sandusky manages to work his way to half guard, despite Craven's best efforts.
Sandusky regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky looking to hit a scissor sweep but Craven is one step ahead there.
Sandusky looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sandusky is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sandusky throwing shots but Craven is blocking nicely.
Sandusky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Craven defending well though.
Sandusky not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sandusky not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Craven avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sandusky.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Craven trying to control but Sandusky postures up.
Sandusky wants to free his trapped foot but Craven is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Sandusky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sandusky shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Craven is in a horrible position here. Sandusky smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Sandusky.
Craven avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sandusky.
Sandusky thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Craven is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandusky working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Craven in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sandusky throwing strikes here but Craven is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sandusky punching from mount but Craven doing a good job of avoiding damage.
BOOM! Sandusky connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sandusky in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sandusky landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Sandusky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sandusky.
Sandusky misses with a head shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sandusky looking to finish with strikes here!
Sandusky in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Clive Craven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sandusky thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sandusky raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gary Sandusky has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sandusky throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sandusky scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sandusky throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sandusky looking to ground and pound but Craven is blocking nicely.
Sandusky dominating with strikes here.
Sandusky looking to finish Craven with some ground and pound. This is bad for Craven!
Craven is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Craven is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Craven on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Craven tries to get out of the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sandusky looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Craven covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Sandusky!
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hype
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